Debates over world trade often conflate two distinct issues. The first is how to expand the efficiencies that occur when international trade is broadly balanced and countries are able to benefit from ...

Improved trade relations between the US and China may help lower logistics costs, while previous tensions provided ...

For decades, the liberal belief that open trade fosters peace has shaped US foreign policy. It worked while US security ...

Tariffs have become a prominent policy tool under the current administration, but they represent just one of many ways governments interfere with free trade. Some trade barriers have operated so ...

D’Addario's task force meets weekly to strategize response to trade war impacts Company plans own free trade zone, reroutes shipments to sidestep tariffs D'Addario estimates tariff bill will triple ...

China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) has entered a one-month countdown to launching island-wide special customs operations, a ...

The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower.

The Federal Government has called on member states of the Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) to take collective action against arbitrary shipping surcharges and unfair freight practices that ...

Nigerian trade with other African nations grew 14% in the first half of the year, after the government strengthened regional ties, the country’s head of customs said.

On Oct 28, 2025, during the 28th China-ASEAN Leaders' Meeting, China and ASEAN formally signed the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade Protocol (hereinafter "CAFTA 3.0"), marking a new phase in ...